Asian Skunk Cabbage

Lysichiton camtschatcensis Araceae

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Northeastern Asia

Location

Floriculture War Memorial Trail, Treman Woodland Walk

Source of plant

Heronswood (PA)

Description

Similar to L. americanus but slower growing, with shorter leaves that are more blunt and glaucous-green, and with the spathe white and broader; effective in mid-spring.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5